Author: Olivia

Now before anyone calls me a misogynist or something along those lines, I just want to state that this is solely my opinion based off personal experience. Also I am female myself. I hate to state this, but every female manager that I’ve had has completely sucked the life out of me and has made me miserable at work. I’m not sure why this is, but it seems to be the truth and many people seem to agree with me. Even my mother has the same opinion. I am not saying that men are better managers, but every female manager I’ve encountered has been a complete and utter b!tch! Anyone else has similar opinions?

I think I have work trauma. I worked at a spa for 2 months as a front desk clerk. My mom told me to make it to 6 months but I couldn't do it. I don't want to be a Pick Me Girl but the women at the spa are so mean. I felt like I was in a K Drama version of the Mean Girls Movie. Now I'm seeing a therapist because it's affecting my current job. I work in a stationery shop, it's much more up my alley because I'm an artist. I'm not into skin care. I still don't like customer service but at least people are nice to me. Managers don't yell at me when I make a mistake and is happy to help when I asked a question. But sometimes I feel on edge whenever I make a mistake. My therapist told me to confront…

What the title says. I have a 19 year old employee with a chronic illness who works part-time (less than 20 hours per week) and I’ve met her mother. She’s a sweet kid. She worked a longer than normal shift (8 hours versus 5.5 hours) and the mom texted me (not called) from her daughter’s phone that she had come after the long day and fell asleep at 4 pm and slept for 17 hours. I’ve met her mom and she’s a kind woman who loves her daughter. I told my boss I needed to limit the length of her shifts and this was his response: “Someone's mom called you?  Wow.  The mom needs to support you and the operation and not how tired their daughter is. I'm mystified. But we have to embrace this new workforce” This is completely deranged. Support the business over her own daughter? What the…

First up, I’m ok, just feel like venting. I’m sorry if this puts any unnecessary negativity out there, just trying to get a few things off my chest. These days it feels like the harder I try, the harder things get. I quit drinking, yet my moods and energy levels are in the dumps. I’m trying to cut back on my expenses but prices keep going up. I don’t buy luxury items, just food, yet every time I even do that I get this icky feeling like I’ve been scammed. And I’m lonely, it’s not even dating so much as having a stimulating conversation with someone who’s emotionally intelligent. I’m lonely, so I try more to reach out to people, but the more I reach out the less I get back. I don’t know, I don’t have the energy right now to paint colorful prose about how it all is.…

My boss uses them left and right. I know that he's just covering up his ass in case he wants to actually fire somebody, but I have received 2 in 4 months I've been there and then got a raise. My colleague got 6 write ups in a year and got promoted recently. What's your experience with these?

Is there someone cares to explain why companies need my full address just when applying? I get the point of asking about city and country but why full addresses? On average 10% of candidates ever get a reply from the employer yet all of the candidates are required to fill in a lot of personal information. How the personal information affect the candidate's employability?

I have 26 years old and i'm almost 6 years unemployed, currently i live with my mother, I think I can say that I have a good life compared to the ones who don't own a home but I don't know how long will she keep me under her wings, because it seems that my monetary debt to her only increases every time I consume something here. I've spended some time searching for a job and doing job interviews, the results was; no success, so i decided it's better wait for some shinning light knock on my door needing an employee even considering that possibility lazyness of my part because i don't know if these people have something personal against me? By the way… is very obvious what will happen with me if I don't achieve independence, to not say tragic.

It just seems blatantly obvious that meritocracy is a lie, and that plenty of people end up in positions simply because of luck, rather than skill. On the flipside, plenty of talented people struggle with poverty, or are perhaps gifted in an area that isn't profitable. Is it the “just world” fallacy, where everything should or “ought” to be in its proper place in a conservative social order? It seems like conservatives/libertarians have an empathy blocker in their head, operating under the terms of, “If the problem doesn't exist for me, it doesn't exist for others,” or, “I'm currently struggling, but I'm special so things will even out for my American Dream in the future.” I guess I just don't see a logical position where modern capitalism can be justified as “natural” that makes sense.

California, as well as many other states, is suffering a healthcare worker shortage. I am trying to become a clinical laboratory scientist which requires a chemistry or biology degree with certain required coursework (immunology, medical microbiology, hematology, and others). I have both degrees because I double majored, as well as the required coursework. When I apply to programs, having the degrees and coursework is not enough… if you really want to get into a program, you need to stand out. How do you stand out? You take a job that gets you in the clinical lab setting. These jobs are usually “specimen accessioner” or “phlebotomist.” Neither of these jobs require a college degree, and a phlebometist only requires a license that you can get in a two month program, on top of the high school diploma, but can cost a couple extra thousand. Both of these jobs, in SoCal, typically…

I got hired as a banquet server at a country club. Everything seemed very nice, the supervisor lady hired me and asked me to come for orientation. I went there and it was me and another 12 people. I understand though, the supervisor said she was building a new banquet team because her old staff decided to work at the new restaurant they have. Banquet manager asked us to download Hot Schedules and he would send us the schedule. They acted like it was gonna be busy. Didn't receive anything and decided to text him. Apologized and said they had some cancelations. They do the schedule for 2 weeks. I went to check on the app and saw he scheduled a few on the new hires he liked I guess. Yeah like why? Why hire so many people? Test who is good or not and dismiss them and then get…